Point guard Dylan Ennis, transferring after starting as a freshman at Rice, will resume his college basketball career at Villanova.

Ennis, a 6-2, 182-pound product of Brampton, Ontario, also considered Cincinnati before picking the Wildcats, according to ESPN. He must sit out the 2012-13 season but then will have three years of eligibility remaining.

Ennis was rated as a two-star prospect out of Lake Forest Academy in Illinois but quickly rose above those projections. He averaged 8.5 points and 4.1 assists in his one season with the Owls. He closed his freshman season with three consecutive double-figure scoring performances in the CollegeInsider.com Tournament and also delivered 11 assists in a Conference USA Tournament loss to East Carolina. He struggled in games against Rice's highest-level competition, including a scoreless effort in a loss to Memphis and a 3-point outing in a loss to Texas.

Ennis shot 43.5 percent from the field and 35.4 percent from 3-point range.